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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know you could see the aurora all over the place but did it actually cause any damage anywhere?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As far as I'm aware, it caused some temporary GPS interruptions but no permanent damage this time.

lost mobile data for a pinch but its back now

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was traveling across the state on those two days, so I was worried about GPS getting weird, but we didn't have any issues.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

From what I read it affected some farming equipment, I figure it was relatively local interference and not a global thing too.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Apparently it "disrupted" Starlink, but hasn't permanently destroyed any of their satellites like the CME in 2022 did.